@s-unfleur Asked: You Are So Lovely. / Holly + Letofrom Here
@s-unfleur asked: “You are so lovely.” / holly + leto from here
She never had this. Only the cruel hand of a worse master, and surely hearing damage came of it as well. It's a stark difference, night and day, even though he's told her to be free, be her own person, she still clung to the man as if she had no other option. Being his made her freedom taste sweeter.
" You're just sayin' that. "
Of course he's saying it. And she knows that he means it. The words sound so good on his tongue, his voice decorating every nuance and syllable of the compliment. She doesn't believe him, not really, but it'd be nice to hear again, and again, and again, even if it was a lie, because she never had this.
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@profecier asked: being admired and being loved aren't the same thing. + pale snake boy from here
" Maybe for you it isn't. " Head tilts just ever so slightly, eyeing Paul up and down like he'd be his next victim. He swallows as pale fingers tap idly against the hilt of his blade attached at the hip. Feyd-Rautha remembers how the crowds cheered for him. They admired AND loved him. They did both.
" The capability of both is an option. And it's quite the experience. " Unfortunately Paul was a lonely creature. He didn't want blind followers, he didn't want the glory of it all... but Feyd ?? He'd kill for it. He has, and he'd do it again.
@s-unfleur asked: we don't know each other well, but i'm here for you. / holly + stilgar from here
Those words feel like a punch to the gut. Why ?? He's offering his presence, his words of wisdom as sietch Tabr Naib, and maybe even as a friend... maybe it's because Holly felt like she knew the whole of him within those two seconds that she first laid eyes on him a few months ago. She doesn't have prescience, but Holly hadn't completely ruled out the possibility of them becoming lovers. It's still on the table even now... though then she felt as if they already were.
Holly hadn't ever felt like that. She only paid attention to it because it was a new feeling, a curious one. Her eyes had filled white upon laying them on him- and on his way out he had stopped for a moment to have a look himself. Maybe that's why it hurt... did he not feel it too ?? Was this one sided ??
" Thank you. Your presence is most appreciated as I heal and mend- " His presence is most appreciated regardless of what she had been doing. She only hopes to be able to call him a friend and something more in the future.
@s-unfleur asked: “Don’t be afraid.” / holly + stilgar from here
Holly is afraid. Sure, this is his way of life, he's used to it. Grew up in the sand, learning to walk with the proper rhythm, or lack there of, so he doesn't attract Shai Hulud. Wearing a stillsuit his entire life, learning to fight to become a better Fremen... Holly had none of those things. She sat in air conditioned rooms and never wanted for water or food or shelter. Never did she have to look over her shoulder wondering if she'd be dead next. Compared to him, she was spoiled rotten, and never had to fear once.
" Stilgar- " She says, rather loudly, though she closes the gap between them, looking up at the Naib. Hands come up as if to defend herself. Eyes, once blue, turn white.
" I am afraid, because there's giant worms out there in the sea of sand that I am unfamiliar with. " Blue eyes return once more, but she does not skip a single beat. " I'd like to not make a new home in the belly of that beast. I've never seen a creature so large, not with my own two eyes. So forgive me if I'm a little scared. "
@s-unfleur asked: "What I love, I want to control it." / holly + not-batista from here
Fear is the first emotion she feels. Likely it will be the only emotion she feels for now- it has been since he's taken control of the spice production on Arrakis. He has proven to be a very ruthless man, and from the moment he saw her, it seems as if he has made it his personal mission to make her life hell.
She swallows down the lump in her throat, heart beating so fast it felt like she might have a fucking heart attack. Those words wouldn't be the first lie he's told her, and surely not the last either. Were Holly not so frightened, maybe she'd laugh at them.
" But you don't love me, my Lord. "
@s-unfleur asked: you would always be welcome with me. / holly + stilgar from here
He doesn't understand it. Holly doesn't fault him for that. All his life he had his people. Holly had once thought she had found hers, only to later be disowned by them. She didn't have a heritage to call her own, and even if she did, she didn't grow up in it. How could she call that hers, truly ?? She couldn't relate to the Mentats, she couldn't relate to the Harkonnens, she couldn't relate to the Atreides or the Fremen, or even her own fucking father. But at least the Naib welcomes her with open arms.
A smile presses to lips- though sad internally, she tries her best to push that look down, as far down as she possibly could. Holly hated her emotions, when she has nothing else to offer -other than her body-, being overly emotional is not a good look.
" Thank you, Stilgar. Though I don't think your people carry the same sentiment as you. "